Aleksander Jeljaszewicz "Sasza," (pronounced "Sasha") most likely due to the family tradition of service in the Russian military, (born 22 March 1902 in Vilna, Russian Empire, died 18 August 1978 in Gdańsk, Poland) – an ethnic—Polish (Lipka) Tatar. Major of the Polish Army: the commander of the last Tatar/Islamic unit in the Polish military.